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The winner of the 2015 Man Booker International Prize Laszlo
Krasznahorkai
The date after which banks have to issue only EMV chipbased and PINenabled debit and credit cards 01-Sep-15
International Day of Yoga 21-Jun

The first governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) – Osborne Smith
The states man widely respected as the architect of modern Singapore who died recently Lee Kuan Yew
The sport which is governed by. FINA internationally Swimming
The goodwill ambassador of the 35th National Games Sachin Tendulkar
The chairman of the C&FC who resigned recently Leela Samson
The year by which the World Bank targets eradicating extreme poverty 2030
The winner of the Chennai Open FIDE Rating Tournament(Category B) – OT Anilkumar
The amount L1C of India will invest in the Indian Railways over the next five years RS1.5 lakh cr
The firm which bought Pipavav Defence in all-cash deal recently Reliance Infra
The new authorised capital of the NMDFC Rs.3,000 cr
The bilateral trade between EU and India at present 100 bneuros
The two retail majors who have announced their merger in a RS750cr allstock transaction Future and Bharti Retail
The Independence Day of Bangladesh 26-Mar
The.present Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal
The biggest consumer of gold in 2014 as per World Gold Council (WGC) India
The winner of the women’s singles title of the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold Badminton Tournament 2015 – Saina Nehwal
The winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit 2014 Prabhu Nath Dwivedi
The country which has launched the meteorological satellite Fengyun-11 08 China
The controversial movie related to the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un — The Interview
The proposed capital infusion by the govt in 2015-16 in PSBs RS 7,940cr
World Tuberculosis Day- 24-Mar
Maharashtra former deputy CM and NCP leader who died recently RR Patil
The only Indian firm in the world’s top10 list of consumer finance firms compiled by Forbes HDFC (ranked 7th)
The four states whose territories come under the ambit of the LBA Bill Assam, West Bengal, Tripura and Meghalaya
The currency of Malaysia Ringgit
The next US ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives – Atul Keshap
The inaugural match of the 2015 ICC World Cup was played between Sri Lanka and New Zealand __

The winner of the men’s singles title of the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold badminton 2015 Parupalli Kashyap
The team which won the third edition of the Hockey India League (HIL) Ranchi Rays
The person awarded, as the ‘Governor of the Year’ at the Central Banking Awards 201 5 Raghuram Rajan
The first development bank in India started in 1948 – Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI)
The present CMD of the UBI Arun Tiwari
Tibetan Uprising Day 10-Mar
The new Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
India’s position on ‘the 124nation global Human Capital Index 2015 100th
As per the RBI gross nonperforming asset (GNPA) ratio as on Mar 15 4.45 per cent
The Indian honoured by France with the Officer de la Legion d ‘Honneur (Officer of the Legion of Honour) YashwantSinha
Winner of the women’s singles title of the India Open Super Series title Saina Nehwal
The person felicitated with the prestigious Pt Bhimsen Joshi Lifetime Achievement Award-2014 Prabha Atre
World Cancer Day 04-Feb
The revised GDP growth estimate for 2013-14 6.9 per cent
Winner of the men’s singles title of the Qatar Open tennis tournament David Ferrer
India’s newest airline which conducted its first flight on 9 Jan Vistara
The present Managing Director of IMF who visited India recently Christine Lagarde
The range of the 3-digit CIBIL Transition Score 300-900
The initial allocation proposed in the Budget for FY16 for the MGNREGA scheme Rs.34,699 cr
The amount South Korea has offered to provide for infrastructure projects in India USD 10 bn